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Treasury;Office for National Statistics

Answer

Mr. Evans: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths from MRSA there have been in (a) Lancashire, (b) the Ribble Valley and (c) each hospital in Lancashire in each of the last five years. [221988] Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply. Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Nigel Evans, dated 16 March 2005: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths from MRSA there have been in (a) Lancashire, (b) Ribble Valley and (c) each hospital in Lancashire in each of the past five years. (221988) The latest year for which figures are available is 2003. Numbers of deaths where MRSA was a contributory factor are given in the table below. The information on deaths in each hospital could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Number of deaths where MRSA was a contributory factor,1 Lancashire and Ribble Valley2, 1999-2003 3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Lancashire Ribble Valley 1999 4-- 4-- 2000 12 4-- 2001 7 4-- 2002 10 4-- 2003 16 4-- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Identified using the methodology described in Griffiths C, Lamagni TL, Crowcroft NS, Duckworth G and Rooney C (2004) Trends in MRSA in England and Wales: analysis of morbidity and mortality data for 1993-2002. "Health Statistics Quarterly" 21, 15-22. 2 Deaths to residents of these areas. 3 Figures are for deaths occurring in the years 1999 to 2003. 4 Fewer than 5 deaths. Source: Office for National Statistics

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c294W;432 c291W; 221988

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Death Hospitals MRSA Lancashire Ribble Valley

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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